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JTC1/SC22/WG15-IEEE CS PASC (POSIX) Synchronization Plan =
Introduction
In ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 N729 Resolution 110, SC22 instructs conveners = that a synchronization plan as described in SC22 N730, be developed by = all SC22 working groups, where national bodies are doing development = work under an SC22 Administrative resolution. JTC1/SC22/WG15 (POSIX) = [referred to below as WG15]; is operating under such terms in = conjunction with the U.S. Standards Development Organization: IEEE = Computer Society Portable Applications Standards Committee[referred to = below as PASC, and previously part of TCOS]. The review and approval for = this plan is as follows: This version is in response to the new JTC1 = concept of "Final CD".
PASC Sponsor Executive Committee |
N657 |
IEEE Computer Society SAB |
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WG15 |
N720, |
SC22 |
Objectives:
To use the same text for relevant standards, at =
each stage of development, and for final adoption.
To gain the greatest possible consensus.
Plan:
1. Availability of Working Documents
The following steps are being taken by PASC-SEC in = document distribution:
1.1. WG15 heads of delegation are included on any PASC-SEC = electronic document distribution lists they select at no charge; and = they may duplicate and distribute this information for national body = evaluation. All draft documents will be made available though this = channel.
1.2. Mature draft documents will also be distributed for review = and comment within WG15, and prior to a request for CD registration, the = US national body will have a draft distributed to SC22 for review and = comment.
1.3 Any individual in the international community can participate in = the IEEE CS PASC Standards work: attending meetings, receiving mailings = obtain online access, or (if the individual is an IEEE or Computer = Society member) participating in the balloting group. Minimal fees are = associated with these forms of participation.
2. Processing stages up to final adoption
The relevant processing stages prior to balloting = in IEEE are as follows:
1) Approval of a Project Authorization Request ("PAR") by the = IEEE
2) Technical working group meetings and document development
3) Submission of the draft document for balloting
2.1 The following steps are being taken by PASC-SEC:
2.1.1 Distribution of overall PASC-SEC project status information to = WG15, which provides visibility into new work areas, including those = outside of the current scope of WG15.
2.1.1.1 IEEE Project Authorization Requests (PARs) proposing new or = revised work areas within POSIX shall be distributed to WG15 for review = and comment.
2.1.2 Use of the format approved by ITTF for draft documents.
2.1.3 Encourage common membership between WG15 and the PASC working = groups.
2.1.4 Encourage holding of occasional PASC Standards meetings outside = of the US mainland.
2.2 The following steps have been taken by WG15:
2.2.1 The WG15 Convener has initiated regular status reports on WG15 = work for SC22 (as requested by SC22 N729 resolution 139).
2.2.2 Division of Work Item was submitted to clarify the organization = of work within the scope of WG15 (Approved by SC22, N729 resolution = 136).
2.2.3 Ongoing encouragement of participation by individuals in IEEE = PASC development work.
2.2.4 WG15 encourages participation by PASC technical experts in WG15 = editing/ballot resolution meetings.
2.2.5 Early working draft distribution (1.1)
Review and comment distribution in WG15 and SC22 (1.2) of at least 3 =
months is essential to verify that the work of PASC will result in a =
document that can be readily accepted for balloting in SC22.
Member body feedback at this stage is most important, as the = "final CD" process calls for technical comment and review to = take place earlier in the deveopment cycle.
A cover letter on drafts requesting feedback on the general suitability =
of the work should be included. Issues related to:
2.2.5.1- expected relationship and compatibility with other work = (inside or outside JTC1)
2.2.5.2- appropriateness of the document in relation to the scope of = the work, either missing or excess fundamental content;
2.2.5.3- presentation, format and structure of the work, including = language independence;
2.2.5.4- suitability of this document, or a subsequent technical = revision, for CD (PDAM)registration; and other specifically requested = feedback must be raised at this time to provide direction for the = development work. Objections from participating members in WG15 will be = considered out-of-order at the time of the WG15 request for CD (PDAM) = registration, of a document comparable in the points above, to the = working draft reviewed, if such objections are not raised in writing to = WG15 in the review and comment process.
3. Synchronization of balloting periods
The PASC Chair (chair of PASC-SEC) has the = authority to delay steps in the IEEE balloting process. This is being = used to force synchronization with ISO approval as follows:
3.1. For new documents and revisions (CD-DIS-IS path):3.1.0 IEEE = =91ballot group formation=92 invitations shall be distributed to WG15 = (in both paper and email form if expedient to do so) to ensure that WG15 = Member Bodies are aware that an IEEE draft is about to enter this = phase.
3.1.1. The IEEE balloting period is started when the document is = ready for broad comment; at this time this draft document will be = forwarded to SC22 for CD registration ballot. SC22 Member bodies are = expected to submit technical comments at this point in time to WG15.
3.1.2. The U.S. will recommend, to WG15, for CD Ballot, a document = draft which includes revisions resulting from a draft circulated for = IEEE balloting and the CD registration ballot comments. This = recommendation must also indciate when "Final CD" may be = appropriate.
3.1.3. The international comments on the CD registration and ballot = are fed into the IEEE balloting process; and IEEE recommendations for = changes are fed into the CD ballot process as comments from the US = national body. Substantive changes in response to these comments may = result in mulitple "Final CD" ballots.
3.1.4. The IEEE final approval is delayed until a disposition of = comments satisfactory to WG15 can be developed that will permit an = updated draft "Final CD" to be registered as a DIS. Once WG15 = has made this agreement the same document is forwarded for IEEE = approval. (This assumes that IEEE will reach 75% before WG15 has = completed its part... which might not always be the case.)
3.1.5. Approval of the DIS and the IEEE work in ANSI will run in = parallel. If substantive feedback is received in the DIS ballot, and = WG15 proposes substantive changes to the document, a PAR in IEEE will be = initiated by the U.S. member body to revise the IEEE document to = correspond with the ISO document changes. With the "Final CD" = process, changes are not allowed at the DIS level, so concurrent = publication by IEEE and ANSI is appropriate. Corrections after = "Final CD" need to be addressed as "Technical = Corregendia".
3.2. For Amendments, the approval sequence remains PDAM = registrationregistration=3D> PDAM=3D>DAM=3D>AM, but with a = focused scope in the divided WI or NP.
3.2.1. The division of work item JTC1.22.21 (POSIX) identifies a = number of extensions to the parts of the documents that would need to go = though this process. JTC1 Directives limit a document to two amendments = before republication; and common sense leads to limitations on the = number of amendments that can be handled independent of the main = document. Most of the amendments expected for 9945 will be in the form = of extended functions and new clauses. WG15 has proposed the following = approach:
3.2.1.1. Proceed through the PDAM ballot process component so that = timely review and comment can be obtained.
3.2.1.2. Combine approved PDAM level documents that affect the same = part of IS 9945 into a single DAM amendment ballot where this can = consolidate amendments proposed within a small window of time. =
3.2.2. PASC will synchronize IEEE balloting periods with the PDAM = registration & PDAM ballot process for amendments as in 3.1 = above.
4.0 Interpretations
4.1 The PASC Interpretations Vice Chair will = forward Interpretations through the US national body (via the = appropriate TAG) as defect reports to the appropriate WG Convener (see = ISO/IEC form 14).
4.2 Defect reports received by WG15 Convener are distributed to all = participating National bodies with a request to the U.S. to provide a = proposed response. WG experts are invited to participate in the = applicable PASC interpretations committee.
4.3 The IEEE PASC interpretations log and the WG15 interpretations = log will cross reference the unique identifying number of the other = group, and both will acknowledge the receipt of the = interpretation/defect report to the initiator.
4.4 The IEEE interpretations committee will forward a response = through the US National Body to WG15 as a proposed resolution.
4.5 Interpretation responses approved by WG15 will be notified to the = initiator of the defect report by the WG15 Convener, and by the VC = interpretations for IEEE PASC if it was submitted though IEEE = initially.
4.6 Technical Corrigenda and Record of Response
4.6.1 Interpretations responses that do not require substantive = changes to the document will be incorporated into a Record of Response = which will be forwarded for SC22 action on a periodic basis, and to the = IEEE for publication as an Interpretations document.
4.6.2 Interpretations that do require substantive changes will be = incorporated into a Technical Corrigenda for SC22 approval, and = concurrent balloting as a focused amendment in the IEEE process so that = a single document is approved by both organizations.